Improvement in landau-carriage tops



R.DUNN. LANDAU CARRIAGE-TOP.

No. 192,115. Patented J'une 19,1187?.

` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ROBERT DUNN, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENTl IN LANDAU -CARRIAGE TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,115, dated June 19,1877; application filed December 19, 1876.

To all whom 4it may concern.' the springs C, one at each side of thecar- Beit known that I, ROBERT DUNN, of South riage-top, for attachmentto the braces on that Bend, countyT of St. Joseph and State of Inside ofthe carriage. 'The inner ends of the` diana, have made a certain new anduseful springs C, or, if only one spring be used, the Improvement inCarriage-Tops, of which the central part ot' it, will be fixed to acentral following is the specification: stop or hold, d, which is fixedin a central po- The object of this invention is to construct sition inthe tube or rest D by means of the a carriage-top with a spring-lift tobalance or set-screw d. This stop or hold will firmly assist to raisethe top of a landau or similar secure in place the spring or springs atthat carriage, when it is thrown down. pont,while the outer ends oi' thespring or The invention will be readily understood by springs will bepermitted to rotate, so as to reference to the accompanying drawings, ofallow the braces to fold down with the` top or whichto rise up with it.The pieces C will be of dat Figure I is a side elevation ot' a part ofone spring-steel, so as to cause the said pieces to of the improvedcarriage-tops. Fig. Il is an act as springs to throw, or assist tothrow, end elevation of the same. Fig. III is an enthe top into an erectposition. There should larged sectional plan of the spring. Fig. IV fbejournals formed ou the springs C near their is an enlarged transversesection ofthe springouter ends, so as to bear against and keep bar. themconcentric with the tube or bearing D. The top A of the carriage and thejointed Having described my invention, I claimbraces B are similar tothe corresponding The spring C, as described, when .held in parts now inuse in ordinary carriages, with the rest D, and the stop d, incombination the exception of thelower end of the said with the braces.B, substantially as and for brace, which, in the present instance, isatthe purpose set forth. tached to a spring, C, which is so arranged asThis specification signed this 4th day ot'4 to press against the bracein the direction to November, 1876. push it up, so as to raise the topinto its erect position. A tube or holder, D, is firmly se- ROBERTDUNN.'

cured to some suitable part of the carriage- Witnesses: body, and formsa. rest and hold for the ISAAC FRAME, spring C. There will,preferahly,be two of JAMES JORDAN.

